Every summer I think about the safety of our pets. As temperatures rise and we spend more time outdoors pets are at a higher risk of escaping the safety of their home, getting hurt, or worse.
To keep pets safe the ASPCA created July 1st as ID Your Pet Day. ID Your Pet Day is a holiday to raise awareness about the importance of ID tagging your pet. This special holiday is particularly timely because July 4th is a time when many pets go missing when pet owners are busy with fireworks and outdoor activities.
To spread the word about this important day the ASPCA designed this infographic seen above, along with three tips to keep your pets safe:
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Here are a few important infographics from petfinder.com with helpful tips for pet owners:
If you leave a comment below you'll be entered to win an ASPCA summer gift pack that includes:
· ASPCA Tote
· ASPCA Frisbee
· ASPCA Beach Ball
· ASPCA Towel
Contest ends at midnight on June 30. The winner will be notified by email.
Happy July 4th to you and your pet(s)! I hope you all enjoy a safe and happy one.
Disclosure: I received no compensation for this post. One lucky winner will receive the summer gift pack donated by the ASPCA. All opinions expressed are, as always, completely my own.
This is beyond an important subject. Especially this year---it looks like it's going to be a hot one. I know I'm keeping my eye out for kids and animals in cars these days. Sadly, people either forget or take chances in this area. I can't stand being in a hot car for even moments, let alone be trapped.
These are such important tips. I don't understand how anyone can keep a dog in a hot car. Great giveaway, too. Makes me miss my two sweet dogs 🙁
All great tips. It's always shocking that some pet owners do not take proper car during summer.
Great info, Cathy! Thank you. I should have known there'd be an app for this. Off to check it out and download. xoxo
We have a dog and we worry about having her walk on the pavement when the temperatures as hot as they did this past week in North Carolina. I would hate to think my little baby's pads are in pain.
I have shared this, as this is just full of information. I am going to enter the giveaway; I am between pets but I know two people who have taken in so many dogs or cats needing rescue and I think they will love these items.
I won this Cathy and it had some great things in it. I love the tag and I use the bag all of the time. Thank you again.
Oh, how I wish pet owners were tested on all of this! There are so many valuable tips in here, and we must care for our pets in the same way we do our children, because they are our furry children.
We adopted a rescue puppy 2 months ago. She is microchipped & we just bought her a cute name tag with all our info on it. Not taking any chances!
It's July 2, and everyone is having cookouts and at night shooting fireworks. There was a dog earlier this evening left in his patio, with no water , food , company, and cleaned up from his poop. He cried and barked for attention and was friendly. I sat next to his yard, and kept him company. Later his master let him in, I hope for the night. I didn't like that he wasn't walked or kept company, while the people were eating and drinking several doors down that the dog knew.
Anyone who is stupid enough to leave a dog in the car on a hot (or even warm) day should be prosecuted. God knows there are warnings out there so no one can claim ignorance about the effect of a hot car on our pets. Great reminders in your post for how to keep our precious dogs safe.
The voiceless animals of the world definitely need this kind of help as the senseless humans can't seem to figure out how hot the sun is!
The dogs of the world surely thank you. And tags? Yes, please use tags. And collars. I nearly killed myself fighting with a stray mutt with no collar in the middle of the road a couple of years ago.
No collar, but miraculously, he was chipped and came from a town 80 miles away! A local dog charity came and picked him up from my house but I never did hear how he came to be so far from home.
That is a special kind of stupid whoever was responsible.